On 2018-08-25 12:53, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2018-08-25 10:14, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Well, because postfix demands the correct IP there, and baulks with "localhost 127.0.0.1. There is a bugzilla on that, no real solution from either suse or postfix people. Both do what they do intentionally.
Do you have the bugzilla number handy? Wietse Wenema usually doesn't leave bugs in his software, he's very picky.
Yes, before you ask, I use postfix on a laptop.
Sure, it's installed by default, isn't it ?
Yes, but most people don't use it, even less on a laptop.
They may not know that they do, but many services and such (e.g. smartd, cron) that deliver mail to root. For that, typically the sendmail wrapper is used to drop a mail straight into the postfix queue.
Absolutely, but that is local traffic, not internet traffic. I use it for internet.
There are talks now and then of removing the MTA.
Yep, and I have argued against it, an MTA is required.
Me too.
Postfix needs to know which interface is the local network, and looks at /etc/hosts file. If it finds
127.0.0.2 Telcontar.valinor Telcontar
or equivalent, there is a huge trouble: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 127.0.0.2
I just added that line to /etc/hosts on my laptop config (leap423), and restarted postfix. No problems. (I think the postfix config is 99.9% vanilla).
Maybe something was changed after I reported. I tried here on desktop machine, no trouble. Dunno. It was: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824141
It wants: 192.168.1.14 Telcontar.valinor Telcontar
As that IP changes in a (mobile) laptop, I have to adjust hosts file to reflect the current reality.
You must have an unusual setup - I never have to do anything like that (when I go traveling).
And do you actually use postfix to send your email? Because that is unusual nowdays. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)